Comics city Brussels
by Although Brussels is not the most charming city in Belgium – there are far prettier towns in the northern region of Flanders – it won …
Friday photo: Rear view mirror
Country roads, take me home… Also see: Friday photo series
Friday photo: Floating market
Continuing on the floating theme, this Friday, an image from the Damnoen Saduak floating market outside Bangkok. The floating market is filled with hundreds of …
Memories of river cruises and boat rides
It must be one of the best things to do ever – sitting on a boat, book in hand (or not), feeling the cool breeze …
A morning at Dhobi Ghat
“Dhobi Ghat is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Mumbai,” say several websites I look into. Really? Ok, so I did land up …
Friday photo: Sunrise
From a lazy morning in Sindhudurg in Southern Maharashtra. I have been a champion of this region since my first visit there from Mumbai a …
Pearl of the south
As I hand over the small fee to climb up to the top of Charminar, the iconic four-sided tower of Hyderabad, the woman at the …
Friday photo: Walk
Everyone I know who’s been to Italy comes away disliking Milan. They think it’s too unlike the rest of Italy, too modern, too polished, too …